The Menu Museum

An archive of historical restaurant menus from the New York Public Library.

16,525 menus
64,352 scanned pages
1851–2008

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project.

Not affiliated with NYPL.

Uncatalogued scans

Dishes

45,211 dishes appearing on three or more menus, most common first

  1. 43,901Cup of Stollwerck's chocolate3 menus
  2. 43,902Pot of Stollwerck's chocolate3 menus
  3. 43,903Bouillon with egg in cup3 menus
  4. 43,904Chow chow, Cross & Blackwell3 menus
  5. 43,905B.L. Scotch3 menus
  6. 43,906Pibroch Scotch3 menus
  7. 43,907Mackintosh Scotch3 menus
  8. 43,908Black & White, Buchanan's Special Liqueur3 menus
  9. 43,909Spaghetti, A la Garret3 menus
  10. 43,910Hochheimer, 19043 menus
  11. 43,911Side order of ham and wheat cakes3 menus
  12. 43,912Side order of country sausage and wheat cakes3 menus
  13. 43,913Side order of ham and Southern waffles3 menus
  14. 43,914Side order of bacon and Southern waffles3 menus
  15. 43,915Salted mackeral3 menus
  16. 43,916Chicken Croquettes, sauce3 menus
  17. 43,917Roast leg of lamb, carrots and peas3 menus
  18. 43,918Imported cervelatwurst with scrambled eggs3 menus
  19. 43,919G.H. Mumm & Co's. Extra Dry3 menus
  20. 43,920Young Guinea Hen Roasted in Casserole3 menus
  21. 43,921Nudel Soup3 menus
  22. 43,922Cresta Blanca Sparkling3 menus
  23. 43,923Chicken in Soup, Served in Pot3 menus
  24. 43,924Roast Prime Ribs of Beef Extra Cut3 menus
  25. 43,925Duffy's Unfermented Grape Juice, Individual3 menus
  26. 43,926Individual Flounder in Sweet Butter3 menus
  27. 43,927Extra Large Crab Flakes, Creole3 menus
  28. 43,928Eggs and Sardines, Gutmann3 menus
  29. 43,929Asparagus with Drawn Butter3 menus
  30. 43,930Omelette with Little Neck clams, garni green peas3 menus
  31. 43,931Ruedesheimer Bischopsberg3 menus
  32. 43,932G.H. Mumm's, Extra Dry champagne3 menus
  33. 43,933Hennessy***Brandy3 menus
  34. 43,934Boiled smoked beef tongue with spinach3 menus
  35. 43,935German or French pancake3 menus
  36. 43,936Imported frankfurter, sauerkraut or potato salad3 menus
  37. 43,937Tenderloin steak sauce bearnaise3 menus
  38. 43,938Ginger Ale, Capped3 menus
  39. 43,939Sparkling Cider, Per Glass3 menus
  40. 43,940New Spinach and Fried Eggs3 menus
  41. 43,941Grape juice, per glass3 menus
  42. 43,942Bacon with Meats, extra3 menus
  43. 43,943Chicken a la Maryland en Casserole3 menus
  44. 43,944Charlotte Russe Glace3 menus
  45. 43,945Barbarossa Beer3 menus
  46. 43,946Jacob Hoffman's Culmbacher3 menus
  47. 43,947Champagne, per glass3 menus
  48. 43,948Chatea Larose3 menus
  49. 43,949Abbott's Aromatic Bitters3 menus
  50. 43,950D. C. Special Cocktail3 menus
  51. 43,951Souvenir of Scotland3 menus
  52. 43,9521900 Eltviller Grauenstein Auslese, Original Crescenz Count von Eltz3 menus
  53. 43,9531909 Affenthaler, Red, Own Bottling Crescenz F. Altenkirch3 menus
  54. 43,9541911 Elsheimer, Original Crescenz Winzer Verein3 menus
  55. 43,9551908 Oestricher, Original Crescenz J. Klein3 menus
  56. 43,9561906 Forster Traminer, Own Bottling Crescenz Hartung3 menus
  57. 43,9571911 Lorcher Niederflur, Own Bottling Crescenz F. Altenkirch3 menus
  58. 43,9581909 Graacher Tirly, Original Crescenz Fred. Wilh. Gymnas3 menus
  59. 43,9591906 Lieserer Niederberg, Original Freiherr von Schorlemer3 menus
  60. 43,9601907 Uerzinger Wuerzgarten, Original Crescenz Bischofl. Priester Seminar3 menus
  61. 43,9611906 Oberemmeler Zuckenberg Crescenz Reichsgraf Kesselstadt3 menus
  62. 43,9621906 Cueser Pichler, Original Crescenz Hospital Cues3 menus
  63. 43,9631906 Lieserer Niederberg, Own Bottling Crescenz Winzer Yunk3 menus
  64. 43,9641911 Graacher, Own Bottling Crescenz F. Langguth3 menus
  65. 43,965Bordeaux, St. Julien with Seltzer3 menus
  66. 43,966Gelée3 menus
  67. 43,967Cold imported Westphalia ham, cold asparagus, sauce vinaigrette3 menus
  68. 43,968Imported Schnittbohnen3 menus
  69. 43,969Cold Smoked Beef Tongue, Mixed Salad3 menus
  70. 43,970L. de Barry, Vintage 18983 menus
  71. 43,971Sirloin steak and potatoes3 menus
  72. 43,972Aostetter's3 menus
  73. 43,973Lash's Bitters3 menus
  74. 43,974Caracao3 menus
  75. 43,975Gilka Kummel, Russian3 menus
  76. 43,976Old Crow, Rye & Bourbon3 menus
  77. 43,977St. Croix Fizz3 menus
  78. 43,978F. & M. Schaefer Wiener Special Dark Brew3 menus
  79. 43,979Kilmarnock3 menus
  80. 43,980Allash Kuemmel cordial3 menus
  81. 43,981Omelette, with oysters or clams3 menus
  82. 43,9821906 Lieserer Niederberg, own bottling3 menus
  83. 43,983Spring duckling, broiled3 menus
  84. 43,984Cape May Salt Oysters3 menus
  85. 43,985Seapuits3 menus
  86. 43,986Salade de fantaisie3 menus
  87. 43,987Sauce Remoulade3 menus
  88. 43,988Filets Mignons de Boeuf, Princesse3 menus
  89. 43,989Small cup of coffee3 menus
  90. 43,990Pommery & Greno, Brut Champagne3 menus
  91. 43,991Montebello, Brut Champagne3 menus
  92. 43,992Lynnhaven Oyster Cocktail3 menus
  93. 43,993White Top Club Special3 menus
  94. 43,994Dewar Scotch3 menus
  95. 43,995Golden Grain Whiskey3 menus
  96. 43,996Santa Maria3 menus
  97. 43,997Medaillon d'agneau, sauce Oporto3 menus
  98. 43,998Huitres de cotuit3 menus
  99. 43,999Biscuit Glace, Excelsior3 menus
  100. 44,000Old Smithfield Ham3 menus